This week marked International Women’s Day 2021. We wanted to take the opportunity to tell you about some of the great work we’ve been doing to support women at JJ and in the wider foodservice and wholesale industries! Women in Wholesale – we are founding supporters of WiW ­– an Award-winning initiative developed in 2016 by a member of JJ staff to support and progress females in wholesale. Read more. Women in Fish and Chips – In 2020 we launched an educational networking even

We were delighted to attend the Women in Wholesale (WiW) Speed Mentoring event last week in London. Members of our HR, Graphics and Warehouse teams joined more than 100 other attendees to gather in central London and enjoy ten mentoring sessions, delivered by industry experts. Group General Manager Terry Larkin, who also attended the event, said “Being mentored and having industry sponsors are key to how talent in our business can progress, so events like this are invaluable.

We are delighted to announce that more than half of applications for our recent branch manager vacancies were from females – a total first! Chief Operating Officer for JJ Foodservice, Mushtaque Ahmed, said: “Traditionally, it has always been men that have applied for these roles. But our investment in training and initiatives like our ‘Warehouse Women’ recruitment campaign have helped to attract more females to the business and give existing female workers more confidence.” W

We were proud to support the Women in Wholesale conference this week – JJ Foodservice has been an official supporter of the initiative – which is designed to support and progress females in the sector – since it first started in 2016. The day was attended by the UK’s top wholesalers, convenience retailers and FMCG brands – we were delighted to have our Head of Operations, Sedat Kaan Hendekli (pictured below), on the expert panel. Hendekli revealed how JJ Foodservice’s ‘Wareho